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[i]Russia's former space chief Dmitry Rogozin on Thursday said that he and several others had been wounded by shelling in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday evening. Rogozin, a nationalist politician and avid war supporter who appears to have been celebrating his birthday when the attack happened, said "someone leaked information" about his whereabouts. "Several high-precision hits occurred around 19:45, including the exact place we were in," Rogozin said in a post on his Telegram channel. "A 3x4 mm metal splinter entered my right shoulder blade," he wrote, adding that he was expected to undergo surgery. Rogozin's aide told state media that the former Roscosmos chief had been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, though he later said that doctors had been unable to remove the shrapnel from his wound.[/i]
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